Brendan Rodgers
At 5 am in Indiana, my phone and watched started to go crazy, it was 5 am for fucksake, why did I comment on so many facebook posts and why were they going crazy? It was Sibbo for a change responding to a message and blowing me up. Claude Puel had been fired by Khun Top! Top had had enough, Puels dire football, the fans unrest and more importantly the lack of results saw Top fire Puel. It seems like it was coming in the summer regardless but Top hadn't seen City in since New Years day and had heard the crowds unrest at the poor football. The majority rejoiced at Puel's exit but a few loyalists wanted Puel to stay cause he was doing a good job. Yes, there are Leicester fans that stupid.
Attention soon went to who would be the next manager, the Puel Loyalists made sarcastic comments about Big Sam coming in, Sam Allardyce who is an expert at keeping sides up when they're in trouble. The early attention looked at Brendan Rodgers who had long been linked with the Leicester City job and Rafa (Rafael Benetiz), the Newcastle United manager. Brendan Rodgers was the Glasgow Celtic boss in Scotland. He is a highly rated coach following spells at Chelsea (as a coach), Swansea and Liverpool. At Celtic, he had won two trebles and put Celtic on the verge of a third. Rafa though was performing miracles at Newcastle. Newcastle is not the club they once were, the owner is reluctant to put money in to the club and so Rafa is living off scraps. Put Rafa's previous track record at clubs around Europe is stellar. There was a outsider, David Wagner, the former Huddesfield boss who had left Huddesfield firmly rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table. People also mentioned Robert Martinez, who would have been a disaster for Everton, much like Puel it would have been decent football, but instead of not scoring City would turn into a sieve.
In all reality Leicester and Khun Top only had eyes on one person Brendan Rodgers and by Tuesday, Top had signed his man. The Celtic fans have since acted like spoilt children and there has been the occasional comment from the likes of Chris Sutton. Asking why he would swap winning trophies in Scotland for being mid table in England. Rodgers had unfinished business with the Premier League, he lost it with Liverpool and whilst he had won over and over again at Celtic. The need for a challenge was clear, Leicester City isn't a major challenge in that we are going down, it's a challenge that he couldn't turn down because he's likely taken Celtic as far as he could. Leicester though is a club with potential, new training ground, owners that will spend money and a young squad. The challenge now is too take Leicester into Europe, win cups and challenge to break into the top six.
I can never remember optimism going through the club like it has with a new manager coming but after the turgid 16 months of Puel it's hardly unexpected. I am looking forward to see him get the best out of the squad, unlike Puel. Our attack being revitalized, which Puels system had destroyed. With Rodgers making the right noises and with his track record. It's hard to not be excited. This is a clear statement of intent from Leicester, it's a stark contrast to the underwhelming appointment of Puel, which always was an odd one to me. He'd done well enough at Southampton but had bored the fans and finish 17 points behind Koemans total from the season before. Rodgers had done well with Swansea, nearly ended Liverpool's barren run and made Celtic better.
It's not certain he will do all he has promised but I am confident in this appointment and in Khun Top, I absolutely trust. For the first time in 16 months, I am truly excited to wake up at 7 am on a Sunday and watch Leicester City play.
COME ON CITY!
Attention soon went to who would be the next manager, the Puel Loyalists made sarcastic comments about Big Sam coming in, Sam Allardyce who is an expert at keeping sides up when they're in trouble. The early attention looked at Brendan Rodgers who had long been linked with the Leicester City job and Rafa (Rafael Benetiz), the Newcastle United manager. Brendan Rodgers was the Glasgow Celtic boss in Scotland. He is a highly rated coach following spells at Chelsea (as a coach), Swansea and Liverpool. At Celtic, he had won two trebles and put Celtic on the verge of a third. Rafa though was performing miracles at Newcastle. Newcastle is not the club they once were, the owner is reluctant to put money in to the club and so Rafa is living off scraps. Put Rafa's previous track record at clubs around Europe is stellar. There was a outsider, David Wagner, the former Huddesfield boss who had left Huddesfield firmly rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table. People also mentioned Robert Martinez, who would have been a disaster for Everton, much like Puel it would have been decent football, but instead of not scoring City would turn into a sieve.
In all reality Leicester and Khun Top only had eyes on one person Brendan Rodgers and by Tuesday, Top had signed his man. The Celtic fans have since acted like spoilt children and there has been the occasional comment from the likes of Chris Sutton. Asking why he would swap winning trophies in Scotland for being mid table in England. Rodgers had unfinished business with the Premier League, he lost it with Liverpool and whilst he had won over and over again at Celtic. The need for a challenge was clear, Leicester City isn't a major challenge in that we are going down, it's a challenge that he couldn't turn down because he's likely taken Celtic as far as he could. Leicester though is a club with potential, new training ground, owners that will spend money and a young squad. The challenge now is too take Leicester into Europe, win cups and challenge to break into the top six.
I can never remember optimism going through the club like it has with a new manager coming but after the turgid 16 months of Puel it's hardly unexpected. I am looking forward to see him get the best out of the squad, unlike Puel. Our attack being revitalized, which Puels system had destroyed. With Rodgers making the right noises and with his track record. It's hard to not be excited. This is a clear statement of intent from Leicester, it's a stark contrast to the underwhelming appointment of Puel, which always was an odd one to me. He'd done well enough at Southampton but had bored the fans and finish 17 points behind Koemans total from the season before. Rodgers had done well with Swansea, nearly ended Liverpool's barren run and made Celtic better.
It's not certain he will do all he has promised but I am confident in this appointment and in Khun Top, I absolutely trust. For the first time in 16 months, I am truly excited to wake up at 7 am on a Sunday and watch Leicester City play.
COME ON CITY!
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